Politics Labour councillors win Kemptown and Queen’s Park; Katy Bourne (Conservatives) re-elected as Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Elections for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner and by-elections – following resignations of Chandni Mistry and Bharti Gajjar – took place to elect new ward councillors in Kemptown and Queen’s Park on Thursday, 2 May. On Sunday, 5 May, the votes for the local by-elections and Sussex Police an By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Politics Candidates confirmed for Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner election and Queen’s Park and Kemptown by-elections Elections for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner will be taking place on Thursday, 2 May. The candidates standing for election have been confirmed: Jamie Bennett – Liberal Democrats Katy Bourne – Conservative Party Jonathan Christopher Kent – Green Party Paul Adrian Richards – Labour and Co By Contributor • 2 min read
Community Survivors’ Network receives emergency funding boost Survivors’ Network, which supports survivors of sexual violence and abuse in Sussex, is awarded £30,718.77 to deliver vital services for survivors in Sussex, By Contributor • 2 min read
In The South BRIGHTON PRIDE is proud to help make Sussex #NoPlaceForHate Organisers of this year’s Pride festival join forces with Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC), Katy Bourne, to help make Sussex #NoPlaceForHate. In the run-up to this year’s event themed ‘Freedom to Live’, pubs and bars in St James’s Street, which are part of the Pride Village Party, will be using spe By Gary Hart • 3 min read
General News PCC says she will continue to make sure Sussex is #NoPlaceForHate Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC), Katy Bourne, says she will “continue to make sure that Sussex Police takes a zero tolerance approach to hate crime”. By Gary Hart • 2 min read
Katy Bourne General News PCC invests in technology to help tackle hate crime A new App to make it easier to record and report all strands of hate crime in Sussex is being developed with support from Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC), Katy Bourne and partners. By Sarah Green • 4 min read
Community News PCC proud to celebrate 25 years of Brighton Pride Katy Bourne the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner will join police officers on the Brighton Pride Community Parade this, Saturday, August 1. The theme of this years parade is Carnival of Diversity. It will start from the Peace Statue on Hove Lawns at 11am progressing along the seafront past the old By Gary Hart • 2 min read
In The South ‘Report It!’ empowers the LGBT community to report to police! Report It! was set up by the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender) Community Safety Forum in 2014 with supportive funding from the Police & Crime Commissioner’s Safer in Sussex Community Fund (SiSCF). The aim of the project is to make it easier for members of the LGBT community to report a By Gary Hart • 2 min read